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How Canada can prepare for high-pressure U.S. demands on sovereignty and trade

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How Canada can put Carney’s Davos speech into action

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Canada, Cuba and the price of tolerating coercive power

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Mark Carney preaches co-operative federalism but doesn’t practise it

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Slaying myths about income support

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Giving life to the Carney vision for Canada

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Visible minority women are still sidelined in competitive ridings

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Canada’s national amnesia on Islamophobia

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Honouring Indigenous self-determination by applying parallel paths

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How universities can be places of common ground in an age of diversity and polarization

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Why increased candidate diversity can help rebuild trust in Canadian politics

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Wreckonciliation and the case for total departmental reform

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LGBTQ+ and Quebec nationalism: The decline of a progressive alliance

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Reconciliation can’t wait another generation

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To think out loud: what can policy commissions achieve?

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Children’s rights: How to make justice truly accessible

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How intergenerational inequality threatens trust in democracy

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Elbows up: Keeping Canadian companies in Canadian hands

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Rethinking internal trade: the urgent need for a harmonized approach

Mark Carney holds Justin Trudeau by the biceps while they are surrounded by photographers and party members.

Can swapping leaders really change election outcomes?

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How to tamp down hyperpartisanship in Canadian politics

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What the Canadian government is missing on AI

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On ostriches, polarizing politics and buried heads

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Countering the threat of AI manipulation by authoritarian states

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